# Incident 19801002072419I: Cessna 140, Traverse City, MI, October 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1980, 13:02 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Cherry Capital
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7416° N, 85.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHERRY CAPITAL (TVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7416&lon=-85.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N140MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N140MC-2012-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801002072419I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT LOST CONTROL DURING TAXI. LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Other reports on N140MC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850410049969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850410049969A), Apr 10, 1985: Cessna STC140 (N140MC), Petaluma, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft was seen descending from fog and heading straight down on dark night. Impacted pond. Primary panel only.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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